Hitchin Mostly Comedy was originally established in October 2008 by Doggett & Ephgrave. The club has gradually expanded since then, outgrowing six venues across the town (as well as runs at the Edinburgh Fringe & in London’s West End) before reaching its current home of Hitchin Town Hall. Mostly Comedy has previously hosted dates at Leicester Square Theatre, the Counting House in Edinburgh, Letchworth’s Broadway Theatre, Maltings Arts Theatre in St Albans, the Mill Arts Centre in Banbury and the Royal Air Force Museum London, among others. Acts who’ve previously appeared at Hitchin Mostly Comedy include Harry Hill, Phill Jupitus, Rory Bremner, Stewart Lee, Katherine Ryan, Jack Dee, Henning Wehn, Richard Herring, Aisling Bea, Paul Daniels & Debbie McGee, Sean Hughes, Kate Robbins, Reginald D Hunter, Jan Ravens, Josh Widdicombe, Arthur Smith, Nish Kumar, John Shuttleworth, Isy Suttie, Dr John Cooper Clarke, Neil Innes, Roisin Conaty, John Thomson, Sara Pascoe, Andy Hamilton, Ardal O’Hanlon, Aisling Bea, Nish Kumar, Kevin Eldon, James Acaster, Bridget Christie, Desiree Burch, Tony Hawks, Katy Brand, Tony Slattery, Bobby Davro, Kerry Godliman, Phil Kay, Norman Lovett, Angelos Epithemiou, Barry from Watford, Rosie Holt, Hattie Hayridge, Phil Wang, Simon Munnery, Bec Hill, Mark Watson and many more. Glyn Doggett stepped down from Mostly in December 2021. The club then relaunched in July 2023 under the stewardship of David Ephgrave & Dan Graham. Each month is compéred by David Ephgrave, unless otherwise stated.
